Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

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For very-nearly-eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, the discovery of a dead snipe on the doorstep of Buckshaw, the crumbling de Luce country seat, was a marvellous mystery - especially since this particular snipe had a rather rare stamp neatly impaled on its beak. Even more astonishing was the effect of the dead bird on her stamp-collector father, who appeared to be genuinely frightened.

Soon Flavia discovers something even more shocking in the cucumber patch and it's clear that the snipe was a bird of very ill omen indeed. As the police descend on Buckshaw, Flavia decides it is up to her to piece together the clues and solve the puzzle. Who was the man she heard her father arguing with What was the snipe doing in England at all Who or what is the Ulster Avenger And, most peculiar of all, who took a slice of Mrs Mullet's unspeakable custard pie that had been cooling by the window...

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780752883212
Published: February 2010

Number of pages: 384
Width: 128 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 28 mm

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co